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The mayor of Greater Manchester urged the Government to expand the rollout to 'younger, more mobile' age groups who were more able to travel to mass vaccination centres to get their jabs. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3bjApNg

In England, 15,633 patients were being treated for Covid in hospital on Tuesday, below the 18,974 seen at the pandemic's first wave's hospitalisation peak on April 12. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2ZsVZtd

NHS figures show the area with the poorest uptake of the first dose was Westminster, in central London, where only 60.9 per cent of residents over 70 had their first injection by February 14. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qKKk4I

They will also distribute leaflets in 20 languages - including Arabic, Punjabi and Hindi - to reach out to people in the UK who do not speak English as their first language. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3s42DlJ

Researchers from Harvard University found that those infected with the new variant were ill for 13 days compared with eight days after contracting the old strain. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pvS1L0

Public Health England's weekly surveillance report shows 147 out of 149 councils - or 98.7 per cent - saw a drop in their infection rate over the seven days to February 14 from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3dpYDbh

It marks the fifth consecutive week that global cases have declined after peaking at more than 5million in the week ending January 4. They are falling fastest in Africa. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qBwZfk